Indictment: The McMartin Trial
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| Written by | Abby Mann Myra Mann |
| Directed by | Mick Jackson |
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Lolita Davidovich Shirley Knight Mercedes Ruehl Henry Thomas Sada Thompson James Woods Nicollette Sheridan Roberta Bassin |
| Theme music composer | Peter Rodgers Melnick |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Diana Pokorny |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo García |
| Editor(s) | Richard A. Harris |
| Running time | 135 minutes |
| Distributor | mediacs AG |
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial is a film made for television that originally aired on HBO on May 20, 1995. Indictment is based on the true story of the McMartin preschool trial.
Oliver Stone and Abby Mann were executive producers of the film, which was directed by Mick Jackson.
The cast includes James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl, as opposing defense and prosecuting attorneys in the McMartin trial. Henry Thomas, Sada Thompson and Shirley Knight co-star as the defendants in the case, with Lolita Davidovitch as a child-abuse therapist whose findings were crucial to the prosecution's case.
A defense lawyer defends an average American family from shocking allegations of child abuse and satanic rituals. After seven years and $16 million, the trial ends with the dismissal of all charges.
John J. O'Connor, writing for The New York Times:
Also writing for The New York Times, Seth Mydans said:
The film is cited as a watershed in the shift of ideas about satanic ritual abuse in the United States, recasting Ray Buckey as a victim of a hysterical conspiracy rather than a child abuser.
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